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The article for

Pfosten

der Pfosten

Pfosten is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Pfosten

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Pfosten?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Pfosten, so learn the two together: der Pfosten.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Architecture, construction: vertical construction element

[1] Architektur, Bauwesen: vertikales Konstruktionselement

[2] Sport, football, short for: goal post

[2] Sport, Fußball, kurz für: Torpfosten

Examples

[1] She leaned on a post and waited for customers

[1] Sie lehnte an einem Pfosten und wartete auf Kundschaft.

[1] "Grigor leads us to a strange two -story stone house that stands on stone posts"

[1] „Grigor führt uns zu einem merkwürdigen zweistöckigen Steinhaus, das auf steinernen Pfosten steht.“
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[2] With his rich left shot, unfortunately he only met the post

[2] Mit seinem satten Linksschuss traf er leider nur den Pfosten.

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Pfosten die Pfosten
Genitiv des Pfostens der Pfosten
Dativ dem Pfosten den Pfosten
Akkusativ den Pfosten die Pfosten

Pronunciation

In context

[1] mehrere Pfosten
[1] mehrere Pfosten Wikimedia Commons

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Compounds built on this noun

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